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In this volume, artist and writer Walead Beshty evaluates the relation of ethics to aesthetics, and demonstrates how this encounter has become central to the contested space of much recent art. He brings together theoretical foundations for an ethics of aesthetics; appraisals of art that engages with ethical issues; statements and examples of methodologies adopted by a(...)
Ethics
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In this volume, artist and writer Walead Beshty evaluates the relation of ethics to aesthetics, and demonstrates how this encounter has become central to the contested space of much recent art. He brings together theoretical foundations for an ethics of aesthetics; appraisals of art that engages with ethical issues; statements and examples of methodologies adopted by a diverse range of artists; and examinations of artworks that question the ethical conditions in which contemporary art is produced and experienced.
Art Theory
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A bold, theoretical look at an emerging generation of architects, this volume is devoted to five contemporary practices—Bureau Spectacular, Erin Besler, Fake Industries Architectural Agonism, Formlessfinder, and John Szot Studio—and the diverse methods and approaches that drive their work. Chatter, whose title refers to the disjointed bits of conversation typified by(...)
Chatter: architecture talks back.
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A bold, theoretical look at an emerging generation of architects, this volume is devoted to five contemporary practices—Bureau Spectacular, Erin Besler, Fake Industries Architectural Agonism, Formlessfinder, and John Szot Studio—and the diverse methods and approaches that drive their work. Chatter, whose title refers to the disjointed bits of conversation typified by texting and Twitter, examines how contemporary modes of communication have influenced the construction of ideas in the development, production, and presentation of architecture.
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The emotional power of space
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How does space affect our physical, psychological and emotional state? Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine explore this question through the lively and intimate form of the conversation with twelve renowned architects for whom perception and sensoriality play a central role in their work. This publication gathers stories of sensibility which reveal the intuitive and irrational(...)
The emotional power of space
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How does space affect our physical, psychological and emotional state? Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine explore this question through the lively and intimate form of the conversation with twelve renowned architects for whom perception and sensoriality play a central role in their work. This publication gathers stories of sensibility which reveal the intuitive and irrational forces at play in our relation to space.
Architectural Theory
Parallel strokes
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Parallel strokes is a collection of interviews with 19 contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world (Akira Kobayashi, Barry McGee, Daim and Seak, Ed Fella, among others). The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider(...)
Parallel strokes
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Parallel strokes is a collection of interviews with 19 contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world (Akira Kobayashi, Barry McGee, Daim and Seak, Ed Fella, among others). The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider context of lettering.
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'Authorship' critically examines emergent themes in contemporary architecture by revisiting the seemingly defunct notion of design authorship. As we revel in the death of the master architect, how do we come to terms with the shifting role of creativity in architecture’s cultural production? In 'Authorship', a cross-disciplinary group of designers and scholars explores(...)
Authorship. Discourse, a series on architecture
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'Authorship' critically examines emergent themes in contemporary architecture by revisiting the seemingly defunct notion of design authorship. As we revel in the death of the master architect, how do we come to terms with the shifting role of creativity in architecture’s cultural production? In 'Authorship', a cross-disciplinary group of designers and scholars explores this topic through a myriad of lenses.
Architectural Theory
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The contributors analyze how in specific cultural and and historical contexts, the camera has affected experiences of time and subjectivity, practices of ritual and tradition, and understandings of death. Taken together, the essays chart a bravely interdisciplinary path to visual studies, one that places the particular knowledge of a historicized anthropology in a(...)
Theory of Photography
April 2009, Durham/London
Photographies East: the camera and its histories in East and Southeast Asia
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The contributors analyze how in specific cultural and and historical contexts, the camera has affected experiences of time and subjectivity, practices of ritual and tradition, and understandings of death. Taken together, the essays chart a bravely interdisciplinary path to visual studies, one that places the particular knowledge of a historicized anthropology in a comparative frame in conversation with aesthetics and history.
Theory of Photography
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Chronicling more than fifty years of individual and industrial tinkering, Roger B. White shows how the technological innovations and cultural ideas of each era influenced motor-home design and popular use. Tracing the motor home's development from homemade conversions to mass-produced recreation vehicles, Home on the Road takes a lively look at America's love affair with(...)
Commercial interiors, Building types
March 2001, Washington and London
Home on the road : the motor home in America
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Chronicling more than fifty years of individual and industrial tinkering, Roger B. White shows how the technological innovations and cultural ideas of each era influenced motor-home design and popular use. Tracing the motor home's development from homemade conversions to mass-produced recreation vehicles, Home on the Road takes a lively look at America's love affair with this mode of travel.
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March 2001, Washington and London
Commercial interiors, Building types
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dot dot dot 15
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The acclaimed and wide-ranging journal of visual culture has become an important venue for creative, interdisciplinary journalism on subjects that affect the way we think about and make design, and how we look at the world. Dot Dot Dot 15 invites a multidisciplinary group of contributors to both write and design pieces about the past, present, and future of visual culture.
dot dot dot 15
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The acclaimed and wide-ranging journal of visual culture has become an important venue for creative, interdisciplinary journalism on subjects that affect the way we think about and make design, and how we look at the world. Dot Dot Dot 15 invites a multidisciplinary group of contributors to both write and design pieces about the past, present, and future of visual culture.
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December 2007
Graphic Design and Typography
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This book explores how art and design can contribute to our urban futures. It explores creative tensions in the public realm, focusing on two roles for art: as decoration within re-visioned urban design, and as a social process of criticism and engagement. A wealth of striking images and examples, New York, Seattle, London and elsewhere, illustrate and(...)
Art, space and the city : public art and urban futures
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This book explores how art and design can contribute to our urban futures. It explores creative tensions in the public realm, focusing on two roles for art: as decoration within re-visioned urban design, and as a social process of criticism and engagement. A wealth of striking images and examples, New York, Seattle, London and elsewhere, illustrate and inform the text.
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September 1997, London
Urban Theory
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Overlooking 31st street in Midtown West in New York City, Steven Holl recounts how his creative process originates and develops through a particular style of working, leading to what characterizes his form of architecture. It is through a description of his latest projects that the architect will illustrate the tools of his work and the place where this is conceived and(...)
Lake of the mind: a conversation with Steven Holl
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Overlooking 31st street in Midtown West in New York City, Steven Holl recounts how his creative process originates and develops through a particular style of working, leading to what characterizes his form of architecture. It is through a description of his latest projects that the architect will illustrate the tools of his work and the place where this is conceived and contemplated.
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